editing on Avid Xpress pro 5.1.6

I have just started edit a new project on the avid I've been using for the past year with no (major) problems. I captured everything no problem and now that I'm editing it all up I'm seeing this error when i play back the clips and the sequences:

Exception:FILE_OTHER, filename:F:\OMFIMediaFiles|snakeslaAOI.47F3B658.OE2730.aif

SYS_ERROR status 21 the device is not ready

I looked at this thread below: http://community.avid.com/forums/p/28397/171657.aspx#171657 and it seems I have to delete all my media and batch digitise but I'm wondering what the last comment means as the IT guys here aren't really sure how to do what they suggest. And also thought it might be worth mentioning that I'm using a harddrive that I haven't used before - the previous filmmaker had digitised a load of footage onto it and I deleted it all from the omfi file folder to empty it up and started again - could that be something to do with it?

All thoughts appreciated!

Hi,

I'd bet on that piece of media being corrupt.  If you mark an in and out around a small section of the timeline, can you play it in to out (using the 6 key at the top of the keyboard)?

If so, then it's almost definitely a corrupt piece of media.  Give it a try and let us know.

good luck,
Carl

 Yeah tried to do the in out thing and it played fine - what should I do now?

Hi,

Something in your sequence is corrupt; you have to find out what.  To find out, mark an in and out around half of the sequence and try to play it in to out.  If it plays, the corrupt clip is not in that section, it's in the other half.  Keep marking smaller sections in to out and try to play them until you find one that won't play.  That's the corrupt one.  Delete the media and recapture or reimport it.

good luck,
Carl

ugh... i've deleted a couple of different things but it's not really done anything - i only had a small test timeline and have deleted the media from that but the other media is doing the exception other thing too - it's a bit random, sometimes it plays sometimes it doesn't - should i delete it all?

I think i identified the issue - it seems to be the clips that came off the same tape - however deleting the media and redigitising hasn't solved the probvlem - any other way I can use this footage??

Hi,

What is different about the footage from that particular tape?  Different frame rate?  Audio sample rate?  Something else?

good luck,
Carl

 There doesn't seem to be any  thing different about this tape - I tried capturing it to a different project but when i played it the system crashed... any ideas?

Hi,

So far, everything points to a problem with that one tape.  I'd try dubbing the tape and see if you can capture from the dub.

good luck,

Carl

hmm, i've copied the tape but before i had a chance to recapture it i've just realised another clip from a different tape isn't playing now either - same error coming up...

how would this media be corrupt? saw on another thread something about msm files needing deleted.. is that relevant to me?

vickymomo:

saw on another thread something about msm files needing deleted.. is that relevant to me?

Hi,

It won't hurt to try it.  Exit Avid. Then open up your OMFI MediaFiles folder and find the two database files (named msmFMID.pmr and msmMMOB.mdb). Delete them. Restart Avid, and the system will rebuild them.  See if the problem is still there afterward.

good luck,
Carl